Ticket-dispensing machine



I. E. DWYER.

TICKET DISPENSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1919.

Patented Mar. 23,1920.'

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l j JOSEPH E. nwYEE, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TIoKET-nIsrENsrNe MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. es, 192e.

Application filed April 24, 1919; Serial No. 292,501.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. DwYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ticket-Dispensing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ticket dispensing machines which shall be adapted to contain and .dispense tickets, postage stamps, labels and the like and the object of my invention is to provide a ticket dispensing machine that is simple in its plan of construction eilicient in its operation and inexpensive to manufacture. A further object is to provide a simple and efficient ticket dispensing machine which shall be adapted to dispose the end of a ticket, postage stamp, label or the like in a protected exposed position whereby it may readily be withdrawn therefrom.- A still further ob ject is to provide a device wherein the ticket, postage Stamp, label or the like may be disposed therein or withdrawn therefrom without disassembling said device, and consists in the novel construction, adaptation and arrangement of parts as will be more clearly hereinafter' described and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a ticket dispensing machine embodying my invention Fig. 2 is a view in cross-section substantially on broken line 2, 2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective illustrating a detail of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, 6 designates the bottom wall of a receptacle that is provided with two end walls 7 and 8, a front wall 9 and a top and back wall 10 said top and backwall 10 being rigidly secured together and being hingedly secured to the bottom wall 6 as indicated at 11 whereby entrance to the interior of said receptacle may be gained by-Swinging said top and back wall 10 rearwardly into a position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

The front wall 9 is provided, a Short distance .from the top thereof, with an inclined shelf that is formed with a plurality of grooves 12 that are spaced apart by ribs 13 which grooves l2 communicate at their upper ends with the interior of the receptacle by slots 14.

The grooves 12 are of suitable width to receive tickets that are in the well known form of a strip or ribbon 15 of paper or cardboard, that may be rolled and placed upon a shaft 16 which is disposed within and is supported by slots 17 that are formed in partitions 18, which slots 17 extend forwardly to the central portion of said partitions 18 whereby they may be turned downwardly as at 19 if desired to provide a better bearing for the shaft 16. The partitions 18 are secured rigidly and permanently to the bottom wall 6 and front wall 9 of the receptacle.

Disposed above the partition walls 18 and adjacent the slots 111 is a guide member 2O which may be either a rotatably mounted or a liXedly mounted roller and over which the ticket ribbons are caused to pass as they are drawn from the machine.

Secured to the top member 10 are a plurality of tension springs 21, one above each roll of tickets, that are arranged to engage the top of the ticket ribbons 15 as they pass over thepguide 2O and that exert sufficient pressure on such ticket ribbons to prevent them from pulling' outwardly easily or from being pushed backwardly into the receptacle.

The slots 12 are preferably covered by a transparent plate 22 that rests upon the ribs 13 and is held in position by cleats 23, the transparent plate permitting the ticket ribbonsto be seen before they are withdrawn and the forward edge of such plate facilitating the tearing oif of the ticket ribbon.

In filling the machine the top and back 1 member 10 may be moved downwardly, the)` ticket rolls placed on the shaft 16, the shaft inserted into the slots 17, the ends of the ticket ribbons passed over the guide and outwardly through the slots 14 and the top and back member 10 swung upwardly into place.

In removing tickets the linger may be inserted under the edge of plate 22, the ticket ribbon grasped and any desired length of such ticket ribbon removed and torn off by drawing it upwardly against the edge of the plate 22.

Obviously changes may be made in the precise form of construction and arrangement of parts of my inventionpwithout departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

A ticket dispensing machine comprising a box like receptacle provided with slots through which ticket ribbon may be eX- tracted and having a top wally and rear wall that are rigidly secured to each other and are hinged to the lowermost rear edge of said receptacle; spaced apart Vertical partitions secured to the bottom and front walls 10 ofV said receptacle, said partitions having 

